Aches. Moving without an ache is near impossible at the moment.
However, they are happy aches. After a year, I have returned climbing
with some daft idea of being able to climb 2 days in a row. It has
been lovely to feel the burn on my hands and work out routes etc.
Climbing is my way of doing weight training. I find the gym most
boring and so have to have an alternative. My form seemed better than
it was at the end of 2019 which surprised me. I was suffering muscle
wasting around then as a side effect from taking statins. It has taken
until May this year to get off any type of statin after trying a
couple of new ones and raising levels etc. I flew up walls without the
usual struggle. Then the lack of fitness came in but that can be
fixed. Thursday was spent at a new climbing wall in Warwick Uni. It is
a nice area although slightly cramped. The routes seemed alright. The
people there seemed fairly rude and did not respect other climber's
space. I was belaying for a friend who was just about to climb and
then some one started a long lead climb before she could get on the
wall. As we waited for the first rude one to finish resting, some
others started climbing behind us on a route hwere failure leads to
big swings. Most disconcerting. However, that seemed to be just an
hour of bell ends. I met some new people and spent time with friends
from work I had not seen for a while. Friday was spent with my scout
climbing friends. This was at Creation in Moseley, Birmingham. It is a
nice climbing centre and has some great top rope routes. The people
are nice, friendly and respectful of space. It was a harder climb
while aching from the Thursday but nice to return. I have a bouldering
session planned next Thursday with another work friend and I think I
will be back at Creation on the Friday as well..... Ah well, mistakes
are normally repeated a couple of times! It is great to be climbing
again and the aches are a reminder of the fun had the days before.
